Il diavolo nel cervello

Beat Records is pleased to reissue on CD the OST by Ennio Morricone for the Giallo film Il diavolo nel cervello, directed in 1972 by Sergio Sollima with a screenplay by Sergio Sollima and Suso Cecchi D’Amico, photography by Aldo Scavarda, editing by Sergio Montanari, music by Ennio Morricone, production by Maurizio Lodi Fe' Per Verona Produzioni and Universal Productions France, distribution by CIC, and a cast featuring Stefania Sandrelli, Keir Dullea, Micheline Presle, Tino Buazzelli, Renato Cestiè, Maurice Ronet, Orchidea De Sanctis, Gaia Germani, Gabriella Lepori, Giorgio Basso, and Elsa Boni. 

Morricone composed one of his most masterful scores for the thriller genre by writing a main theme entitled “La ragione, il cuore, l’amore,” which after a mysterious intro develops rhythmically in a pop style with the crystalline voice of Edda Dell’Orso (Tr.1) and is reprised in Tr.6, Tr.10, Tr.12, Tr.14, Tr.16, and Tr.20. The composer alternates this captivating leitmotif with dissonant strings in “Viaggio primo” (Tr.2), a bucolic atmosphere with a pop arrangement in “Viaggio secondo” (Tr.5) and “Viaggio terzo” (Tr.7), and a more lively one in “Viaggio quarto” (Tr.9). Although the film is set in the bright atmosphere of summer, the macabre side of the story is underlined by the dramatic “Prima della rivoluzione,” where Morricone includes fragments of Beethoven’s “Für Elise” (Tr.3), “Oltre il silenzio” (Tr.4). The return on CD of this important title in Ennio Morricone’s filmography is a sincere  homage to his immense musical talent.

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